διέρχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, “through”) +‎ ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to come, go”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ér.kʰo.mai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈer.kʰo.mɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈer.xo.mɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈer.xo.me/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈer.xo.me/

Verb

δῐέρχομαι • (dĭérkhomai) (deponent)

to go through, pass through
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.876
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.263
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 717
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.31
- 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 181
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 9:32
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.198
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.392
- 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Eratosthenes 16
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.64
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.3.8
1. to pass through, complete
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.25
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 365B
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.1
2. (of reports) to go abroad, spread
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 999
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.46
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.7
  - 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 256
3. (of sensations, thoughts) to shoot through one
  - 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 743
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 477
  - 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 288
4. to pass through and reach, to arrive at
  - 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 4.5
5. to go through in detail, tell all through
  - 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.72
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 874
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.21
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 344B
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panegyricus 66
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Evagoras 12
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 347A
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.13.10
  - 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 276
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Busiris 47
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1296B.14
(intransitive, of time) to pass, elapse
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.8
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 153
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 20.10.17
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.115
- 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 957

Inflection

Present: δῐ́ειμι (dĭ́eimi) (δια- (dia-)+εἶμι (eîmi)) indicative has future meaning. Its other moods are used for present δῐέρχομαι

Present: δῐέρχομαι Subjunctive and optative from verb δίειμι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	δῐέρχομαι	δῐέρχῃ, δῐέρχει	δῐέρχεται	δῐέρχεσθον	δῐέρχεσθον	δῐερχόμεθᾰ	δῐέρχεσθε	δῐέρχονται
	subjunctive
	optative
	imperative
						middle/passive
infinitive						δῐέρχεσθαι
participle	m					δῐερχόμενος
	f					δῐερχομένη
	n					δῐερχόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: δῐελεύσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	δῐελεύσομαι	δῐελεύσῃ / δῐελεύσει	δῐελεύσεται	δῐελεύσεσθον	δῐελεύσεσθον	δῐελευσόμεθᾰ	δῐελεύσεσθε	δῐελεύσονται
middle	optative	δῐελευσοίμην	δῐελεύσοιο	δῐελεύσοιτο	δῐελεύσοισθον	δῐελευσοίσθην	δῐελευσοίμεθᾰ	δῐελεύσοισθε	δῐελεύσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					δῐελεύσεσθαι
participle	m				δῐελευσόμενος
	f				δῐελευσομένη
	n				δῐελευσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: δῐῆλθον, δῐηλθόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐῆλθον	δῐῆλθες	δῐῆλθε(ν)	δῐήλθετον	δῐηλθέτην	δῐήλθομεν	δῐήλθετε	δῐῆλθον
	subjunctive	δῐέλθω	δῐέλθῃς	δῐέλθῃ	δῐέλθητον	δῐέλθητον	δῐέλθωμεν	δῐέλθητε	δῐέλθωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐέλθοιμῐ	δῐέλθοις	δῐέλθοι	δῐέλθοιτον	δῐελθοίτην	δῐέλθοιμεν	δῐέλθοιτε	δῐέλθοιεν
	imperative		δῐ́ελθε	δῐελθέτω	δῐέλθετον	δῐελθέτων		δῐέλθετε	δῐελθόντων
middle	indicative	δῐηλθόμην	δῐήλθου	δῐήλθετο	δῐήλθεσθον	δῐηλθέσθην	δῐηλθόμεθᾰ	δῐήλθεσθε	δῐήλθοντο
	subjunctive	δῐέλθωμαι	δῐέλθῃ	δῐέλθηται	δῐέλθησθον	δῐέλθησθον	δῐελθώμεθᾰ	δῐέλθησθε	δῐέλθωνται
	optative	δῐελθοίμην	δῐέλθοιο	δῐέλθοιτο	δῐέλθοισθον	δῐελθοίσθην	δῐελθοίμεθᾰ	δῐέλθοισθε	δῐέλθοιντο
	imperative		δῐελθοῦ	δῐελθέσθω	δῐέλθεσθον	δῐελθέσθων		δῐέλθεσθε	δῐελθέσθων
		active			middle
infinitive		δῐελθεῖν			δῐελθέσθαι
participle	m	δῐελθών			δῐελθόμενος
	f	δῐελθοῦσᾰ			δῐελθομένη
	n	δῐελθόν			δῐελθόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: δῐελήλυθᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	δῐελήλυθᾰ	δῐελήλυθᾰς	δῐελήλυθε(ν)	δῐεληλύθᾰτον	δῐεληλύθᾰτον	δῐεληλύθᾰμεν	δῐεληλύθᾰτε	δῐεληλύθᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	δῐεληλύθω	δῐεληλύθῃς	δῐεληλύθῃ	δῐεληλύθητον	δῐεληλύθητον	δῐεληλύθωμεν	δῐεληλύθητε	δῐεληλύθωσῐ(ν)
	optative	δῐεληλύθοιμῐ / δῐεληλυθοίην	δῐεληλύθοις / δῐεληλυθοίης	δῐεληλύθοι / δῐεληλυθοίη	δῐεληλύθοιτον	δῐεληλυθοίτην	δῐεληλύθοιμεν	δῐεληλύθοιτε	δῐεληλύθοιεν
	imperative		δῐελήλυθε	δῐεληλυθέτω	δῐεληλύθετον	δῐεληλυθέτων		δῐεληλύθετε	δῐεληλυθόντων
		active
infinitive		δῐεληλυθέναι
participle	m	δῐεληλυθώς
	f	δῐεληλυθυῖᾰ
	n	δῐεληλυθός
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Descendants

Greek: διέρχομαι (diérchomai)

References

“διέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“διέρχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“διέρχομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
διέρχομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
διέρχομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
διέρχομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“διέρχομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1330 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῐέρχομαι (dĭérkhomai). Morphologically, from δι- (δια-) (“through”) +‎ έρχομαι (“come”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiˈerxome/
Hyphenation: δι‧έρ‧χο‧μαι

Verb

διέρχομαι • (diérchomai) deponent (past διήλθα)

to pass by, pass through, go across, traverse, flit

Conjugation

διέρχομαι

	Passive voice ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect ➤	Perfective aspect ➤
Non-past tenses ➤	Present ➤	Dependent ➤
1 sg		διέλθω¹
2 sg	διέρχεσαι	διέλθεις
3 sg	διέρχεται	διέλθει

1 pl	διερχόμαστε	διέλθουμε
2 pl	διέρχεστε, {διέρχεσθε}, [διερχόσαστε]	διέλθετε
3 pl	διέρχονται	διέλθουν(ε)

Past tenses ➤	Imperfect ➤	Simple past ➤
1 sg	διερχόμουν(α)	διήλθα¹
2 sg	διερχόσουν(α)	διήλθες
3 sg	διερχόταν(ε)	διήλθε

1 pl	διερχόμασταν, (-όμαστε)	διήλθαμε
2 pl	διερχόσασταν, (-όσαστε)	διήλθατε
3 pl	διέρχονταν, [διερχόντουσαν]	διήλθαν(ε)

Future tenses ➤	Continuous ➤	Simple ➤
1 sg	θα ➤	θα διέλθω ➤
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl	θα διέρχεσαι, …	θα διέλθεις, …

	Perfect aspect ➤
Present perfect ➤	έχω, έχεις, … διέλθει
Past perfect ➤	είχα, είχες, … διέλθει
Future perfect ➤	θα έχω, θα έχεις, … διέλθει

Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).

Imperative mood ➤	Imperfective aspect	Perfective aspect
2 sg	—	[δίελθε]
2 pl	διέρχεστε	διέλθετε

Other forms	Passive voice
Present participle ➤	διερχόμενος, η, ο ➤
Perfect participle ➤	—

Nonfinite form ➤	διέλθει


Notes Appendix:Greek verbs	1. -ρθ- possible colloquial forms (να διέρθω, διήρθα) are not common • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.
Notes Appendix:Greek verbs

Derived terms

διερχόμενος (dierchómenos, “passing-by”, participle) feminine: διερχόμενη
διερχόμενος m (dierchómenos, “passer-by”) feminine: διερχομένη
διεξέρχομαι (diexérchomai)

and see: έρχομαι (érchomai, “I come”)